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Term Papers on English
Great Expectations
Number of words: 1659 - Number of pages: 7.... adopted daughter, Estella. From the moment he met Estella, he was in love with her. Later on in the book, he was provided with financial support from an un-named benefactor that should be used to go to London and become a gentleman. Pip assumed that Ms. Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother, was the benefactress. "My dream was out; my wild fancy was surpassed by sober reality; Miss Havisham was going to make my fortune on a grand scale." (154) This was the reality that Pip had invented for himself, although it was really just a misimpression that his mind had crea .....
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The Sun Also Rises 2
Number of words: 680 - Number of pages: 3.... occurs on pg. 39, the last two paragraphs "I…" to "…sorry." This in itself seems insignificant but when compared to an incident that takes place later, on pg. 194 beginning "Well…" and ending with "… right.", it shows how although many things had happened Jake Barnes’ feelings for Robert Cohn had not truly changed. This gives a very good example of the theme that everything comes back around again.
Another example of this appears on pg. 148 "Perhaps…about." This section shows how the main character, Jake Barnes, does not ca .....
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The Times They Are A Changin
Number of words: 551 - Number of pages: 3.... calls on the American government to “Please heed the call’ which shows that in the beginning, respect and persuasion will be used. The next two lines begin “Don’t” which indicates a stronger will and mind set. “For he that gets hurt/Will be he who is stalled,” illustrates that if there is resistance to young people’s ideas against the war in Vietnam, the idea of free love and the distaste for accepted social structures, that peace may not be an option. Dylan goes as far as to say “There’s a battle out .....
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Balthazar
Number of words: 515 - Number of pages: 2.... the cage only by commission of the little boy because he couldn¡¯t be sure whether he can get money or not. However, was a artist rather than a common carpenter. What he really wanted as making the cage was to make the little boy happier. Secondly, he felt mean and dirty about rich man¡¯s money. In this story, the cage was splendid and beautiful as much as news of its beauty had spreaded even before he finished the cage. So even though a doctor insisted on buying that cage, he didn¡¯t sell it because he made only for Pepe. But Pepe¡¯s father treated like a sly .....
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Fried Green Tomatoes
Number of words: 1578 - Number of pages: 6.... did not stop Idgie from doing whatever she wanted to do whenever she wanted to do it. "Idgie used to do all kinds of harebrained things just to get you to laugh. She put poker chips in the collection basket at the Baptist church once. She was a character all right…"(12). This shows that nothing would stop Idgie from doing her pranks and having her laughs.
Maybe she was lectured by her priest or by her parents but she didn’t regret it. Idgie was concerned with the present, not the past or the future. Of course she had her hardship that
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The Mouse Vs. The Wolf.
Number of words: 977 - Number of pages: 4.... should see him skipping a fence (or rather; not doing it).
It's a rare sight to see a dog running a kilometer to find the next gate, rather than to skip the fence. Even if the fence is holding the same low (sic) standard fences out here do.
Cows, bulls and Elk is very good at one thing, namely making fences much lower than intended by the farmer, so our fences isn't that much of a challenge. But not so for Yak,
the chicken dog.
Anyway. Yak's latest fan is an animal he can handle, although he tends to keep a certain distance. One never knows....
The other .....
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Song Of Solomon By Toni Morris
Number of words: 1140 - Number of pages: 5.... as a substitute for sexual intimacy. Ruth believed that she possessed no authenticity, and that she was insignificant and isolated. By passing these negative attributes and emotions to Milkman she disturbed his natural process for growth, and ultimately left him feeling lost and insecure. Instead of encouraging Milkman to grow and mature, Ruth hoarded him into the world that she herself despised.
Milkman's father, Macon Dead sr., became a ruthless money hound after his father, Jake, was shot and killed for his property. This devastating event from his childhood .....
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Oliver Twist
Number of words: 986 - Number of pages: 4.... the ladle; pinioned him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. The whole beginning of 's story was created from memories which related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory (which was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ). While working in the blacking factory, Dickens suffered tremendous humiliation. This humiliation is greatly expressed through Oliver's adventures at the orphanage before he is sent away.
Throughout his lifetime, Dickens appeared to have acquired a fondness for "the bleak, the sordid, and the austere.² (Bloom 231) Mos .....
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